3 Subtle Signs the People You’re Pitching Actually Like Your Startup Idea

Because nobody is going to directly tell you if your startup idea sucks

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
5 min readAug 15, 2022

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In nearly two decades of building startups — two decades that have included at least a half dozen failed companies — I don’t recall a single person ever giving me explicit negative feedback on my startup idea. Sure, plenty…

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com